CLUB OFFICERS President: Jerry Alexander(898-8945) Vice President: Ronnie Courvelle(850-4207) Secretary: Mike Nickels (712 326-5779) Treasurer:Brent Simmerman(597-9497) Trustee:Ed Rebarich(345-7608)
Trustee: Dave Holthouse (291-0211) News Editor:Lee Pereksta(592-3856) 3D Coordinator: Mike Palm(590-3439) Indoor Range Coordinator Tom Bocman (344-8019) Indoor range phone (734-7272)
Key Dates to Remember
June 7 - Club Meeting, 7:00 Indoor Range
June 27 - Outdoor 3D at the Arhcdiocese camp. Setup workparty 8am June 27 at the outdoor range
July 10,11 - Reinhart 100
May Club Meeting The May meeting was held on May 3 with 20 members in attendance. We discussed the upcoming 3D shoot, indoor range maintenance, and a few other miscellaneous items.
New Members There were no new members voted in at the May Meeting.
Reinhart 100 3D Shoot:
Ahamo is part of a group of clubs putting on a Reinhart 100 shoot on July 10,11 at Branched Oak Lake in Lincoln. Reinhart will be supplying all of the targets, and Ahamo, as well as the other clubs, will be responsible for helping set up, and to help run the Food Service / Concession booth.
These types of shoots typically draw several hundred shooters and are a real boost to the sport of archery. With multiple clubs participating, and not supplying targets, we probably will not be making a lot of money, but as an event that puts a spotlight on Archery and on Local Clubs, it is something we do need to be a part of.
We will be discussing this at our next club meeting, so please be there to be a part of that discussion.
The following is from an Email to Mike Vandeman, our Club Representative for this shoot.
Email from Danny Tubbs: Hope you all have had a fun 3-D season so far. Haven't made the rounds very well myself. Really been working a lot.
Planning a group meeting to set up lanes for R-100. Shooting for the week of June 7th through the 13th. Saturday the 12th would probably work best but will go with the date that we can have the most Bowhunter/3-d reps attend since these are the guys that do this stuff on a regular basis and usually have the best ideas.
Also if you have your food service/concession help selected for this event it would be great if they could make this meeting ,too. Would like to discuss menu selectons and explain concession plan.
Last thing. We will probably be making individual club assignments at this meeting and discussing equipment needs.
Hope to see you all there. Contact me as soon as possible, please. Danny Tubbs
May 3D Shoot
The May shoot drew 67 archers and in spite of the heat, it was a fun shoot. Many Thanks to those that helped.
Mike Vandeman and Mike Palm took the lead in getting things organized and walking the range to set up flags before the Saturday work party. Even though this was our first shoot of the year, we finished setting up by 1:00.
Besides those that helped Saturday, a special thanks to Bart Witte for getting there early Sunday morning, running the water out with his 4-wheeler and helping get things started, and for helping sell food during the shoot. Thanks also to Jennifer Davis for working the food concession, and to Jack Santee for bringing his 4 wheeler out on Sunday.
Thanks also to those that helped tear down on Sunday, and again thanks to those of you that helped set up Saturday.
The June shoot should be a piece of cake setting up, since we were able to leave most of the targets up from this shoot. This means that if you would like to register and shoot immediately after set-up for this shoot, we will be done early and shouldn’t be too tired to do that.
We will need extra help on Sunday the 27th though, since we need to bring all of the targets in after this shoot.
Bow Tuning
I found an article on tuning in the May 27 Tip of the Week on Buckmasters.com. It’s pretty simple and straight forward. It could have been beefed up a bit—so I’ll add a few tips of my own at the end of the Article:
Buckmasters.com Tip of the Week: Whether you use fixed-blade or mechanical broadheads, tuning your bow will make your arrows fly better. If you have access to a paper tuning device, by all means use it. A paper-tuned bow will shoot almost any broadhead with minimal, if any, adjustment.
If you can't use a paper tuner, shoot your arrows with a head identical to one you'll be using in the woods. If you're still hitting the kill zone, pat yourself on the back and get ready to hunt. If your broadhead-equipped arrows group differently from your field points, however, you have several options.
If the difference is only slight and the arrows are grouping well, just adjust your sight pins until you're back in the bull's eye. If you see a big difference and/or the arrows are not grouping well, it's a good idea to make some tuning adjustments. If you can't see your arrows well as they fly, have a friend stand just behind you to watch your arrow as you shoot.
If the arrow is porpoising (tailing left and right) on its way to the target, you'll need to move your rest in or out until you get clean arrow flight. If the arrow wobbles up and down on its way to the target, you need to move the nocking point OR adjust the rest up or down.
Once your arrows are flying smoothly, adjust your sight pins and you should be all set. Something to keep in mind as you make bow adjustments is that most things on your bow should look normal and fairly "square." In other words, when looking at your bow from behind, nock an arrow and check to see that it looks straight as it protrudes from the bow. Next look at it from the side. Your arrow should come off the string at just over 90 degrees (slightly nock high) and can even look perfectly square if you're shooting a string loop.
While there's no doubt that tuning for broadheads is a pain, it's one of those essential chores that many bowhunters skip. Those same hunters often end up paying the price with a miss...or worse.
Additional Tips:
These are from me (Lee): If you are still having difficulty getting good arrow flight after doing the above, there are a couple of things you can do.
First, be sure your arrows are matched to your bow. You can do this by checking the arrow charts available at most archery shops or on-line at most of the arrow companies web sites. Pay attention to the weight of your points, the length of your arrows, and the type of cam on your bow. Note that if you can go to a lighter or to a heavier point to adjust the spine of your arrow—but will need to then change the weight of your broadhead if changing from the weight you are currently using.
Second, be sure your fletching is not coming in contact with your rest. There’s a simple way to do this. I’ve done it, and this really works: Get some spray foot powder and spray it to coat your vanes. Overspray does leave a mess, so do that outdoors or over newspapers. Once coated, simply shoot your bow. Any contact is very noticeable on the fletching. If you are making contact, you can try rotating your nock, or adjusting your rest.
I was making slight contact and needed to take my drop away rest apart and increase the spring tension to cause it to drop faster to get rid of all rest contact.
You may also need to change your rest or the type of vane you shoot if all else fails.
Third, your problem could be with your grip. Even if you shoot with a relaxed grip, the way the bow sits in your hand could easily cause enough torque to give your arrow a sideways or up and down push at release time. Play around with the way you position the bow in your hand to see if you can get your bow to shoot more cleanly through paper. An issue here, is that once you get your bow to shoot perfect bullet holes, after a short period of time, you may find yourself forgetting your grip adjustment and could fall back in the same pattern.
Club Rules
Here’s the list of club rules again for discussion at our next club meeting. We forgot to bring these up at our last club meeting. Lets not do that at the next meeting.
I think we just need to discuss; update, add, or drop any of these as needed, and vote on adopting them. After that, we’ll make up a sign and post it at the indoor range.
Please review and be prepared to discuss at our next club meeting.
Ahamo Archery Club General Club Rules (for discussion Purposes)
No alcohol at the indoor or outdoor range
No smoking at the indoor range
No shooting at club 3D targets without board member approval
No shooting broadheads into the cardboard backstops
Non members may shoot as a guest up to 3 times in a year, after that they must join the club to use our facilities
Family Membership includes a member, spouse, and dependant children
Do not give your key to a non-member
Do not make a copy of your key
Working membership club members must attend 1/3 of our workparties (approximately 8 workparties per year)
Lights must be turned off and the outside door locked when the last person leaves the range
Put your trash in the trash cans before leaving the range
Sweep up after shooting at broadhead targets
Be courteous of others when using club facilities and equipment Notify a board member when someone is observed breaking club rules
Violation of club rules could result in forfeiting your membership to the Ahamo Archery Club, or assessment of additional dues to remain a club member.
For Sale
Here’s a couple of items for sale again from club members—just in case they haven’t sold them yet: For Sale: From Mike Palm: arrows—full metal jackets 400-9.9 hunter orange fletchings and nocks. They are 29 in long there are 8 of them for 70.00 dollars or best offer if interested e-mail me at JJOU4866@YAHOO.COM
From Mike Vandeman: Bow—Mathews LX, 28 inch draw, 70 pounds, rest, sight,, quiver, matching camo on everything. Call Mike at 402 630-7683 for price .
Newsletter Items
If you have a hunting picture or story, please send it to me, I’d like to put it in the newsletter. If you have an item for sale, send me the information to put in the newsletter as well.
Please email me anything you would like to add to the newsletter, or contact me for my mailing address. You can even give me your article at a club meeting.
